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FINE ARTS. 4L T RATIPN , SoOF THE " PIRATE AND n'ikvsi 3r THREE CUTTERS." • TA; London, 1836. noticed the literaiy portion' of this work, toge ther with..sonte of the Illustrations, a few days ago, and have since received .proof impressions of the whole Of. the Illustrations, many of which, and these to among the be 4, we find that we omitted in our hurry. " Sleepvr's Bay" is one of the number thus passed over, not however from design, but accident ; for it is a n engraving in Wallis's most careful and finished man ner,., repr esent i ng a moonlight at sea, with a vessel Just gettin g under weigh. The scene is one of repose and picturesque beauty ; and the lights and shades are touched off with consummate neatness and delicacy. The ". Deck of the Avenger" deserves notice, chiefly from the single figure of the haughty, turbaned Turk, 'ho is seated beside on of the guns, and whose atti tude remarkable fe r Its freedom and easy dignity. The Capture" is a spirited sketch of a sea-fight, engraved by Willtr.ore, in a style that would do credit 'even to Finden. The remainder of the. Illustrations We hav e already noticed ; we forbear, therefore, from aa yingianything: further on the subject. ':s<,. 77f, LITERATURE. 4TT- &-r.:B,.CONVERSATIONS, and RECOL- LiECTIONS.of-‘5. : T. COLERIDGE. Vols. Moxon. . London, 1836. T kle greater portion of these volumes consists of letter s of the late Mr. Coleridge, which, whatever may bfa the intellectual value of some few of them, will not, in the .aggregate, add much to the writ er ' s re p u t a ti on , 'whether, as 'critic or philosopher. Mr. Coleridge was 110 l etter -writer—at least in the sense in which Madame De Sevigne, Horace Walpole . , Gray; Cowper, or . Byron were letter-writers. He wants ease, grace, natu zalnes; and vivacity. Instead of saying things in the 'simplest and most intelligible manner possible, he piles word Upon word, image upOn'image, till the meaning, what he would desire to convey, is fairly . buried be neath a load of verbiage and metaphor. Then again; ih e is perpetually running into metaphysics, and .mysti fying himself and his readers by a subtle jargon, which 10 us; who rank among the uninitiated, has neither me thod nor meaning. Even on Such an every-day, straightforward question as marriage, he cannot speak without entering into a variety of abstruse speculations, I'vhich have. have n 9 more b ear i ng on t h e su bj ect, thanthey e.°ll that pedantic question of the hoznaousion, or the -- ; 641° °is iwi, which for so many ages divided the..theolo , worl The truth is, Mr. Coleridge was less a man of th e 'A , d than any author we ever heard of. He appears to have had every sense, but common sense. Ile possessed unrivalled powers of imagination ; but w e except his " Ancient Mariner" and his " Ge iievieve"—he k new not h ow to wor k the golden ore ; knowledge, gathered from an infinite variety of sou rces, was equally remarkable; but in his disas trous hand, so far from strengthening, it served only . 1 1° impede the faculties of his mind., What are us " Friend" or his "Biographic, Literaria" but ast store-houses of splendid but crude conceits, w ithout either' aim or purpose, which no one can read without admiring the author's naturally fine faculties, 1 1 - d- regretting the uses to which he has put them, and the form in which he has developed them. From the :tr s t page to the last, 'Mr. Coleridge's Autobiography 5 s a mere book of apologies—a metaphysical, desultory Ireface to some volume which he is about to write, but which, as all the world knows, he never did write. True, it is full of specious talk about systems, meta- Aysical,.poetical, philosophical, and oth erw i se ; st ill ' .. 1 1 lay s d own uo rules (unless, perhaps, in the single "instance of the at no critici sm on W or d swort h ), and arrives Conclusions. When you come to the word m ‘ F inis" you ate just about as wise as you were when you perused the title-page. Your mind, throughout, walks, as it were, in a haze, through which you now and there get dim glimpses of objects, about which, how.: ever, there is no certainty. We renember a year or two since going to hear' a lecture on the death of Cole , ridge, delivered by a Gentleman who has made stre nuous efforts to be a poet—without, however, suc teeding in the object of his laudable ambition—in l ibieh the philosophic system of the " recluse of Uighgate" was attempted to be elucidated. Not - nne Ignoble, however, of the Lecturer's exposition could we understand. All was a cloudy farrago of conceits, crotchets, and absurdities, diligently wrapped up in the most, misty verbiage ; so that, with every pos aible disposition to be pleased and instructed, we were :compell e d to say with Mr. Pia , in the Critic, " E ga d, the jntrpiet er is the harder to be understood of the two. ' 'Why thi s sy difficulty o f i n t er p re t a ti on , if t h e ste " m to be explained were lucid and satisfactory ? Tiv, plain fact is, Coleridge had no phil oso phi ca l sys ything, even app roac hi ng to one, to inter ret ; and, in default of this, he took refuge in a cloud of words, while his he arers sate listenitia to him in speech less astonishment, just as if' he were the Delphic -Apollo, uttering his cloudy, oracular apothgems behind Ike shrine of the temple. That we may not be sup- Posed to.be doing injustice to Coleridg e , we extract a Passage from one of his letters, in which, if our reader s can discover the slightest meaning, they are far more acute than ourselves In reading an extract in the German Encylopcedia from Dobrizhoffer's most interesting•accou n t of the Abipo 'Penses, a savage tr ib e i n Paraguay, houseless, vet in ,per- I and in m ora l s t h e n obl est of savage tribes ; who, when 'rat known by Europeans, amounted to 100,000 warriors, Yft have a tradition that they were but a relic of a far blo re numerous commun i ty, and who by, wars with other s avage tribes, and by intestine feuds among themselves, are hw dwindl e d t o a thousand ( men , women , an d c hild ren do tt exceed five thousand),-it- struck; .me with distinct re embrance—first, th a t thi s i s th e hi story o f a ll savage 41 'es ; and, second, that all tribes are savage that have not Ickositivo religion defecated from witchcraft, and an estab ;'„shed priesthood contra-distinguished from individual con mrers. Nay, the islands of the Pacific (the Polynesia, e wh ieh soouer or later the swift and silent masonry of the Ai ral worms will compact into a rival continent, into afifth quarter of the World) blest with all the plenties of nature, sa d enjoying an i mmunity from all the ordinary dangers of 4 ;r 4l ae lif e , were many of them utterly dispeopled since their first discovery, and wholly by their own feuds and, an ; Ilan that th e i r b rea d f ru it tree , and their delicious 4e d . he a l t hf ul climate, had only made the process of mutual struction and self destruction more hateful, more basely sensual. This, therefore, I assume as an undoubted fact rhf hi story ; and from this, as a portion of the history of of Veni I dr aw a new (to my knowledge, at least, a new) series Proofs of several, I might, say of all, the positions of pre eminents. importanc e and interest more than vital ; a series s a v r b a leh, f taken in harmonious counterpart to a prior series rnentsortn interior history (the history of man), the docu- indivia i. 13.141 pre to be found only in the archieves of each " 1 4 own consciousness, will form a complete whole * --a s y st em of evidence,i c . onsisting of two correspondent as. it were:rid worlds, yet each integ ra l co s r e lati b ve . and mutually i)otenti o at n in o g r_ , relation, as the -asnu sistent : —having the s m ge e taphysies and th e Physics the observations, or the astronomy If I can thus me demonstrate the truth of tii Ise do a ctriue of existence after i. the present life, it is not improbable that some rays . oflight may fall on the question, et state of existence it may be detenni„ negatively, not ' reasonably be supposed to be? events, we shall I trust, be enabled to be for any; and for whom this or that, I%.h lr e l i at d it can not a - Yet for then/ r l } 'ear nniversally precluded, is precluded. 1. f n Planner words, what can not - be, univers Ally P s ec eaki e n ( g • ce cond, what may be ; third, what the diff erenc - e p s may be for different individualS, within the limits prescribed in No. ; fourth, what scheme of embodied representation of the' fu ture state (our reason not forbidding the same \ c.,elTls r e it mended by the truest analogies ; and fifth, what) s becom iB best to combine with our belief of a hereafter, as c onduciv e to the gr ow th. an d cu ltivation of onr collectiv e most faculties in this life, or of each in the ordet - of compara tive w o rth , value, and permanence." ~ CAMBRIDGE-TUESDAY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. ." I know, not - wIP - Acr he reckons the dross exclusive or inelu -1 SM. -0 Vi Sr'..,—The Mayor of Camb - ridge—l mean the gentleman r.:ho has recently been elevated to that office by the unanimous voice of his fellow-townsmen, in the exercise of their corporate franchise, under the Municipal Reform Act—a gentleman whose integrity in private life, and consistency in his political station, have ever animated all his actions, and influenced all his sentiments during a period of no mean measure, has been accused by your adversary " The Times," of indulging in pro fessions diametrically opposite to his own acts, and to those of his party with reference to the exclusion of a few gentlemen from the corporate body--avowedly opposed to them in every liberal feeling and opinion, and, therefore, as I think, and as you will, I am sure, believe in the sequel, unworthy to be entrusted with the executive functions of a provincial govern ment, a machinery, as at present constituted in principle, of such fair proportions, and exquisite workmanship, that it will assuredly resist every attempt that may be made to propel it by the old lever of corruption. Now, Sir, allow me to relate the circumstances as they actually took place on the occasion referred to, which have given rise to the illiberal remarks of our opponent on this so called partial proceeding of the Mayor and his colleagues in office, which I will detail as suc cinctly as the case will admit of, and the occurrence requires. It appears then that after the election of the Town Council, and on proceeding to the nomination of the Aldermen, a diffi culty presented itself, from the inaccuracy of the Act not making a provision for such a contingency, as to whether the latter body should be filled up out of the Council, and then the deficiency - in number of the Council supplied, either by an indiscriminate choice, or by a fresh election. The result of this conference was a majority in favour of the first proposal, and the Council was accordingly made whole in that way. In the mean time, hoWever, one of the Council elect—a Radice Reformer fOliooth I "propoSed—whom do you 'think--mirabile diet: a those gentlemen of the old Corporation—not those untried Conservatives out of the body of the people—as a component and efficient part of the new system ; a motion of so questionable a shape, that it was, of course, negatived by a large majority, and the daring instigator of this rash act met the fate he so deservedly merited, namely, an indignant expul sion from the Aldermanic gown. The motive which actuated this measure must remain in obscurity, as that gentleman is, without doubt, the sole depositary of his' owe secret ; but inferences will be drawn, and surmises hazarded. It is to be observed, moreover, that one out of the three efficients was deeply concerned in that bribery affair for which his servant afterwards suffered, and that they are one and all a part of the old leaven of corruption. " Are we to suppose then (to use the language of the Morning Chronicle) that the political electors will so far stultify themselves as to join the Conser- Natives—join the state-plunderers—join the men who have lentified themselves with every abuse in Church and State ?" No, no, thit won't do ! and why won't it do ? because " they have done those things which they ought net to have done, and have left undone those things which they ought to have done." integrity and corruption are such extreme points that purity cannot subsist with impurity. The atmosphere is too' putrid for its exi3tence. Your friend and constant reader, Jan. 12, 1836. AN OBSERVER. LIVERPOOL-MONDAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Observing in your paper of the other day, an account of the many accidents that have happened on the Serpentine, &e., as also your remarks upon the fool-hardiness of youths, purposely skating over the dangerous parts of, the ice, I have been led to think of a remedy against such folly. lam myself one of those youths, who—to show my contempt of danger— would purposely hover about the part charitably pointed out as dangerous ; and while there remains nothing but this good warning (and it is not rendered in any way disagreeable or inconvenient for, skaters to approach the spot marked out as dangerous), it will be despised by mostnf our aspiring youths, who would be thought daring, though at the expense of their wisdom. I should, therefore—knowing it would be the means of preventing any approach, with comfort, to. the . forewarned spot—advise, thatimmediately a spotshauld prove dangerous, the ice and around it should be first wetted, and then ashes sprinkled in a circle around, it ; but not.too thick, .for it might then be blown over the good ice, and make the whole of it disagreeable to skate on. The ashes would freeze to the ice, and I think no person who could find clear ice, would prefer entering the circle of cinders. Sand would not do so well as cinders, as the colour is less remarkable, and the water first thrown on the ice would be more likely to form a smooth coat over such small particles, than it would over small cinders ; and upon the breaking up of the ice, it would be very easy for a boat to go and pick up the cindering ice, should it be thought advisable to prevent its sinking. I am, Sir, your humble Servant, J. H. H. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As one of those " Subalterns of the Post-office,' but without the " profusion of pay, and allowances, and per quisites, and so forth," attached to them in a letter sub scribed " Robert Wallace," which appeared in, your paper of the 9th inst, permit me to present to the public a few facts at they really exist, and thus show that the enjoyments attri..% buted to -us have their existence only in the fancy' of the' writer, and - without the least foundation or truth. The letter conveys not an insinuation, but an absolute assertion, , that a piece of plate was presented to Sir Francis Froeliniphy the clerks of the Post-office ; and the writer augurs-.what he deems.their reasons for so doing ; namely, ". As a justiTeturri on their part far being maintained in profuse salaries, extra., vagant compensations, accompanied by the most uncomprett mising attention to their personal ease and bodily comfort:s'i I quote the identical words. Let me for a moment, then, be permitted to see how far the assertion is based upon facts— upon what grounds, real or assumed, the statement is made. And now for the first assumption, the maintaining of pro fu s e salaries. Why, what is the fact ? The salary at entering upon a situation (I speak as, and of a subaltern) is 701. a year. There is no advance for a period of 'five years.. At the expira tion of this apprenticeship there is theiran increased allowance of 201., and this continues for a further term of five more years; so that at the onclusion of ten years—and those the best of a man's life—a subaltern in the Post-office finds him self in the enjoyment of all the luxuries of life, and may, " like Lords and other gentlemen, enjoy his otium cum &gni tate"—the bliss and content afforded by 901. a year, as a just and fair requital for ten years probation. But then it may be said that the duties of the office are not proportionate to the payment. The duties are the following :—lt must first be premised that the Post office business is divided into " the Foreign ,-Ireland, 'Ship Letter, and Twopenny Post-offices." In the Foreign Offie attendance is required during the entire night. In the Ireland, from five o'clock in the morning till half-past eight, and again at the same hours in the afternoon. Oh, what a luxury ! What a time for enjoyment ! Up all night in one instance; in the other, commencing only at fire o'clock in the morning ; and all this in the vision of Mr. Wallace is so " managed as to be over for the fashionable hour of going to dinner." Prodigious discovery ! ! A word as to the re maining offices. The Ship Letter is similarly circumstanced almost to the Ireland, and to it we have already alluded. The Twopenny Post must doubtless be the one most calcu lated to support the . learned gentleman's argument ; and doubtless from it he drew the source of his newly discovered Knowledge ; but in this,' alas, it appears that the attendance required daily amounts almost to twelve hours : from eight in the morning till the same hour at night, with the mere ex ception of a time such as is allowed to the poorest labourer - to enjoy his meals. Now, after this simple narration of facts, and the detail of the duties of those employed in the various Post.offices, with what degree of grace can Mr. Wallace con tinue his assertions as to the ease and comfort enjoyed, seeing, as lie must, that it is unfounded in fact; and, if not originating in some petty personal motive, perhaps an anxiety to be placed upon the list of " The New Commissioners' Board," which bears an adequate remuneration for any trouble attendant ; or, if not, it can only be attributed to an orientalism of imagina tion on the part of the learned M. P. The letter contains an awkwardly conveyed threat as to the " Commissionors.oLln, quirt'," and the probable annihilation of the unfortunate subal terns by this Board. Why, these arc the very persons who, have themselves regulated the salaries • and this, I presume, they never could have done withouf salaries.; having ascertained the duties to be performed by the Post-office clerks, and that it cannot consequently have its existence in the " erroneous and antiquated system" of Sir Francis Frecling ; of which latter gentleman I shall not even enter into a defence, so little does he require it--the tribute 'of the people, and the Government's approbation of his conduct for a space of fifty years, are the best refutations of any charge that could be brought against him. These are the . leading topics to which I have thought pro per to advert as " a Subaltern ;" and this 'shows to the public that we at least have neither the enjoyment, ease, nor salary, that Mr. Wallace would fain persuade the world we had. The other portions of the letter I therefore do not deem myself called upon to speak, although the fallacy contained might as easily be refuted. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A SUBALTERN OF THE POST-OFFICE. We have been favoured with the perusal of a private letter, dated Brooklyn, Dec. 19, written by a gentleman connected with a Sheffield house in New York, from which we are gTad to learn that the Sheffield establishments in that city have generally escaped.—Slictfield Iris. Maryport, we are sorry to find, has suffered very severely in its shipping within the last two or three months, and the loss of life has been lamentably great. The losses are .as follow :—the Cumberland, 366 tons ; the Mars, 231 ; the Dale, 156, and all on board perished ; the Collins, 226 ; the Alexander, 171, and eight of the crew perished ; the sloop Hopewell, 39 ; the sloop Ilfary, 28 ; the sloop Sarah, 34 ; and the Relief, 70. In all, 1,322 tons !—Carlisle Journal. On New-year's cve, Mary Stewart, residing at Hart ley, aged 96, was burnt to death, in consequence of her clothes taking fire. The circumstance was not. known un til about 2 in the afternoon of New-year's day, when the door of her cottage was broken open, and she was found HE less lying before the fire.—Newcastle Chronicle. Three . Members of the late Corporation of. Boston arc likely to be indicted at the ensuing Lincoln Osizei, fj a misdemeanor, for the abominable jobbing in the' TOwn clerkship.—Lincoln Gazette. THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 183 G. FRENCH- PAPERS. to the spirit of, that document, he ihoUght it amounted to an r e n c klipporable to France, and that it was consistent with . the, habits , o,t; an old military l imn ' an d t h e representa tivetof a'free t peOPle. The lion, "deputy also censured the conduct of 'Ministers with. respe c t to Spanish affairs, and whiCh was such as to create very- unfavourable impression upon the minds of the Spanish, nation. The news which had lately arrived was sufficient to prove the justness of his observations, and to excite a sense of shame in the Ministry for the part:they had played on this occasion. France had allowed Great Britain to preponderate in this instance at the sacrifice of her own interests. Upon all the above grounds he had no other alternative than to express his op position to the address. Leyraud said he could not refuse the tribute of his •, admiration to the words of meekness, of benevolence, and of toleration, contained in the Speech from the Throne. With respect to the unfortunate state of Poland, and the expressions of sympathy it had called forth, only one feel ing could exist—namely, that of compassion. As regarded the American question, he thought that the proper solu tion of that point was to be found in the Charter, which left the King the privilege of arranging, by negotiation, any difficulties which might exist in their external rela tions. He was therefore ready to support any amendniont which tended to suppress that paragraph of the AddresS, approving of the explanations contained in the President's message. M. Fulchiron said that, after the brilliant display of elo quence Qn,the part of M. : Muret de Bord and M. Duver gier de 'Hi uranne---(Laughter)—it would be difficult for him 'to add- anything.to the . ayguments they urged in sup port.of the-Address.., Nor did he intend to reply to the speeches_ef :the' Opposition; as he recollected very little of them .-4(AElangh 492? e lad' lately traversed a coosiderable i)o,rtioti Fratiteil hie had '. been in many places—_ (Lakliter '');. - and he 4vairgiAci , to find everywhere a spirit of content and confidence in the Government: The Hon. Deputy concluded by expAsing his complete approval of the Addr,4l ; :,'L The general discussion having terminated, The President put to the vote the different paragraphs of the Address, three of which were adopted, without any amendment. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. CONTINUATION OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, JAN. 11. M. Bignon expressed his regret that neither himself nor his friends of the Opposition party could altogether approve of the praises which, in the speech from -the throne, and the address in reply to that speech, had been mutually lavished on each other by the Government and the majority of the Chamber. •In the general facts whieh:Constituted the in ternal policy, of the Government the , Hon. Deputy perceived an evident tendency to the system of the Restoration.— (" No, no," frorn the centre.) The sth paragraph of the ad dress, which adverted to the laws of September on the press, was more particularly the subject of his animadversion, though he admitted that the eulogium bestowed on those. laws was greatly modified by the declaration of the committee, that the results obtained were due rather to the good sense of the public than to the laws themselves. The passage which referred to " a generous and conciliatory system o f policy" the Hon. Deputy thought too vague, as public opinion had interpreted it in favour of a political amnesty. In his opinion, the address should express the desire of Government for a general amnesty, from the benefit of which the crime of assassination alone ought to be excluded.— (Sensation and murmurs.) With regard to foreign policy, there,were two questions to be considered—that of the dif ference between France and America, and the question of Polish nationality. On the first question he admitted that the mediation of England might be accepted by France with honour, but he considered the American • President's mes sage as a bitter satire upon the conduct of the French Ministry—nay, more, he would call that document a lesson from a free people to a nation that knew not in what free :dm consisted.—( Violent murmurs, and cries of ." Order,") M. Lemereier—Order order ! The Hon. bep l itk' has insulted France and the Chamber'. . The' President.—The Hon. Deputy has not attacked the Chamber, but has directed 'a reproach against Minis ters, to which they arc at liberty to reply. M. Bignon said that he would modify his phrase, and merely assert' that the American President's Message was a lesson from a, free people to a nation whose Government was incapable of instructing it in the proper mode of enjoy ing In his opinion the hest Made. of getting rid of all difficulties with regard to the Aineiican question would be to annul,the treaty granting the-. claim, made by the United States, and to enter into fresh negotiations.— (`.‘ Hearr, from the left ai-;n ,N(C , from the centre.) His meaning was perhaps misunderstood by the Chamber ; he did not intend to.,recommend: that the treaty in favour of America should be radically annulled, but that, to save the honour of France; afresh dCliberatien'ori 'the claims should be entered into, and that some alteration, be it ever so Slight, ShoUld be made its amount. The Honourable Deputy then passed to the consideration of the Po-' lish question, and adverted to the discussions which had 'taken place on it' last year in that Chamber. He contended that. events in - the North of Europe were of the most serious consequence to the foreign policy of France, and more especially at the present mo ment; when the designs of' the Russian - Autocrat were so openly manifested. He trusted that France would not now. forget her former sympathies in favour of a brave and ge- - nerouS people, whose heroic achievements were so closely identified with her own. He concluded by declaring his intention of presenting an anie&Pri j elitrto - the sth paragraph of the address, couch in thajOnyin . terms, to be inserted immediately after the wOrdS. f‘. treaties the execution of Which is of importance to thebalanee`of power in Europe :" The ,Chamber of Deputies has iavariably.folt a convic tion, in which your, Majesty's Government no doubt parti cipates; that the re-tablishment of Polish nationality must hold the first phice among 'the • condition essential•to that balance of 'poVver." To the address thuS amended he was ready to give his support. M, Salverte, in clecjaringhirnSelf opposed to the address, commenced with some . obserVations on the AMerican ques tion. He reminded the Chamber that the saving clause in troduced into the bill on the American claim had been in serted with the concurrence of the Government, which had felt that some reparation' was due to the insulted honour of France. Strictly speaking, he thought• that the American President's last message could not be called a sufficient re paration for the original offenCe ; for it were true that the first message was a domestic act of the American Govern ment, of which France could take no notice, how could the French Government or a French Chamber perceive the re traction of an affront in the second message, which, on the same principle, must be equally unnoticed ? He was ready, however, to waive this argument, and to give his ap probation to 'the paragraph of the address referring to America, in expectation of the explanations which Govern ment might think proper to furnish on that subject. After expressing his wishes for the pacification of Spain, the Hon. Deputy declared his entire concurrence in M. Bignon's amendment in favour of the maintenance of Polish nation ality. In taking a view of the internal situation of France, ; ;he felt toexprOhissatisfaction at a phrase in the SpeecilisfiVrlPLihe Throne- which afforded room for a hope that the patblic burdens would be diminished. He next attacked 'fife — paragraph which alluded to the happy results • produced by ,the laws of September: He had voted *st thoseViWs, and he could not now be called on to ldn4ifttr them, even ; though the eulogium in their favour s modified by the, paragraph which ascribed the tran iuillity and the prosperity of the c oun t r y t o the sense of the nation. In noticing the 11th paragraph of the address, which refers to a generous and cOnciliatory.system of po- Hey," the Hon. Deputy declared, that . sinee the measure of a politioal amnesty had been alluded to in that chamber, he too would his voice in favour of that grand' act of national generosity; and would proclaim the truth, that the Government might neiv.with safety extend the band of for ' givene-wao,eonciliation to the once misguided individuals, whose future Ohedience to the laWs would be insured by that timely act of mercy. The. Hon. Deputy concluded his observations by stating his intention of proposing an amendment in favour of a political amnesty. • M. St. Marc Girardin congratulated the Chamber on the result referred to in the speech from the throne, which stated that the domestic tranquillity of France insured her power abroad ; but he thought that this happy result was not to render the Chamber unmindful of the future. Amongst the facts to which France ,ought particularly to direct her attention was the commercial association at the head of which Prussia had placed herself—an association in which, for his part, he perceived a fresh political incursion— an attempt on the part of Prussia to gain in influence what she did not possess in territory. He could not but regret that Prussiahad abandoned the noble part which she might have played, and that she had followed Russia, instead of adopting liberal measures. On the Polish question, he re gretted that the moral barrier opposed to the encroach ments of Russia, that eternal foe to liberty, had been destroyed by the - organic statute of ,the 26th of February, 1832. The French Government had withheld its sanc tion to this state of things, and he trusted that the Chamber would second the Government br annually pro testing against the oppression of Poland. The Hon. De puty then dwelt on the other encroachments of Russia—on her aggressions in the East—on the Treaty of Hookiar'-Skelessi, which enabled her to leave a garrison in Turkey, and . .placed in her hands the key of the DardanelleS.• He conceived that, to counterbalance the preponderance of Russia at Constantinople, another Ancona must be created in the East, where the Sultan was now not much stronger than the Pope was in Italy.—(A laugh.) He was firmly per suaded, that should the Russians hereafter enter 'Constan tinople'- the independence of Europo would from , dint mo ment be at an end. It behoved those who were impressed with the same conviction, to recollect the words of Casimir Perier—that frequently the best mode to avoid war was not to stand in dread of it. It now remained for him merely to state, that he would support any amendment having for its object to recommend to Ministers the maintenance of the balance of power in Europe, which had been seriously. en-, dangered by the proceedings of Russia in 1832.--4 Hear.) • The Hon. Deputy now quitted the tribune, and the sitting was adjourned at six o'clock, amidst . considerable agitation. The amendment of M. Salverte, recommending a ge neral amnesty ; and those, of M. De Mornay and Bignon, in favour of Poland, would alone give rise to any serious discussion ; so that the entire Address may have been voted on Tuesday, and presented to the King in the evening of that day. COURT OF PEEUS--.NIONDAY: JAN. Count Portalis, Vice-President, took the chair at half past one o'clock. Th 6 names having been read over, the President said— " Prisoner Beaumont"— _ M. Beaumont—" Will you let me speak, or will you not ?" The President—" That.manner of addressing the Court is indecorous. Speak." , M. Beaumont read a protest.; in which, as a foreigner, (Mr. Beaumont is an Englishman) he denied the compe tency of the Court. Several passages of this protest excited laughter and murmurs amon g the Peers, upon which M. Beaumont complained of sucinterrupiion. The President obServed that 'the Police Laws relative to the safety of the State were obligatory upon all who dwelt on French territory, foreigners as well as natives, and re ferred to an article of the code which set the question at rest. The Court bad already declared its competency, and there was n 6 reason to disturb - that decision. M. Beau mont would have promoted his interest better by answering the questions put to him than by indulging in vain declama tion. M. Beaumont—When the inquisition formerly wished to burn a man they always told him that it was for his own interest. I reject your councils, and have no need of yoUr indulgence. I have nothing,more to say to you, and trust that no advocate, that respects. himself will undertake my defence in spite of me. The President—l appoint M. 'Plneque your Counsel ex officio. • The President then addressed questions to M. Beau mont, but received no answer. The President next qUestioned MM. Renert and Ker sausie. The three said priSOners are the only members of the Central Committee .of thO)roits de I'Fiomme Society. Upon the demand of iheilcocureur-Gcneral it was decided that the witnesses 41alaid(facts to allege in connection with that CoMmitteee -should be immediately examined. Two other prisonm,sauriac and Gindre, were next interro gated, and the audience was adjourned _ to the following day. GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. HAMBURG, DEC. 29.—1 t is , affirmed that the health of King Charles John is Very much debilitated, arid that the inclement climate of Sweden causes him to suffer much at his advanced age. It is therefore thought to be not impos, sible that he may resolve to spend the remainder of his life in a mild climate, better 'adapted to his constitution, and that in that case Prince Oscar•may assume the govern ment during his father's life-time. Letters from Copenba gen speak at least of a. report that as soon as the fine, sea son sets in, King Charles John, by the advice of his physi cians, will pay a'visit for a time to the south, for the reco very of his health. We cannot determine what credit is due to these reports. • COPENHAGEN, DEC. 28.—The Royal Danish Chancery has issued the following circular to all the BishopS " The 'Chancery having learnt from various applications and froin information obtained' in consequence, that espe cially in some dioceses of the kingdom, numerous pious assem blies, as they are called, are held, which, partly at the sugges tion of some traveller or other, aim at collecting signatures to a petition for a change of the books appointed for religious instruction, and of the existing ecclesiastical ordinances, it has thought fit to request you to have the goodness to enjoin the clergy of your dioceie strictly to ob serve what is prescribed in the ordinances respecting such assemblies, according to which such meetings must not be numerous, nor held by itinerant individuals, nor without the presence and knowledge of the clergyman. In particular, care is to be taken that no one travels about under the pretext of strengthening and awakening others, or to hold religious meetings at which subjects are 'discussed which concern the clergy, religion, and the affairs of the church." FRANKFORT, JAN. 7.—Exchange on London, 1541 ; Two Mouths, 1518.—Fran/I/oil Paper, Jan. 9. BERLIN, JAN. I.—We learn that the convention for the accession of Frankfort to the Commercial Union will be signed to-morrow, after which the Plenipotentiaries of Frankfort will probably return home. , Hence it appears that new objections now exist on the part of England against the accession of Frankfort. VIENNA, JAN. 2.—Yesterday his Highness, Prince Met ternich, g ave a grand dinner on occasion of the new year, to which all the members of the diplomatic body were in vited. The chief officers of the Court paid their compli ments to their Majesties early in the morning. Count Von Munch Bellinghausen is expected to-day from Frankfort.. A letter from Prague, in the Berlin Papers; says that Professors Garle and Orelakowski, editors of the German and Bohemian. Political Gazette, have been arrested. LEMBURG, DEC. 30.—The proposed iron railroad be tween this town and Vienna, seems to affect the price of our productions, own before the execution has commenced. Purchases arc already made of articles that will keep a long time ; and this speculation seems to have contributed to raise the prices of corn, which have been very low. What will be the effect when the railroad is completed ? It is said that some persons have been arrested, a few miles from .this city, accused of political intrigues. VIENNA, JAN. 2.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 102 ; Four per Cent. ditto, 994 ; Bank Shares, I,3Bs.—illige mine Zeitung, Jan. 8. BRUSSELS, JAN. 1 I.—We learn with some surprise that General Chatry Lafosse set out yesterday morning on a mission, the nature of which is not stated. He goes first to Paris, where he is to wait for orders to proceed to Lon don .; and thence, perhaps, farther—to Spain, it is said. It is impossible for us to guess for what purpose this officer of cavalry can be sent on a mission, as he never has been accustomed to any habits or functions besides those of his own profession, and who seems to be rather too far advanced in years to begin a diplomatic apprentice ship. It is very probable that the public will attribute the mission of General Chatry to some precaution taken by the Minister of War to make the Chamber forget, in the dis cussion of his Budget, that more than one of our General Officers, who have come from another country, is not suffi ciently engaged in the service to employ all his time in the interior of the kingdom. The Vaderlander of Ghent says that the Minister of the Interior meets with difficulties in the appointment of a Governor at Ghent to succeed M. Vilain XIII. Those whom he thinks capable of performing the duties of the office do not seem to him to be rich enough to maintain the dignity of their situation ; and those whom he thinks rich enough, are not capable. The Vaderlander says also that the reception of M. Vilain XIII., as Envoy at Rome, meets with some difficulties. It . seems that , the-Pope and the old Cardinals find the Viscount rather too young and gay for the Court of Rome. It is also remembered at the Vatican, as it seems, that he made a motion in the Congress§ for allowing the public preaching of the doctrine of St. Simon. BRUSSELS, JAN. 12.—We learn that the Society of Com merce of Brussels will "reidirè of the manufacturers of We v country ten th ousan d p i eces o f ca li co , f o r exportation. e cannot suffi c i ent l y commen d such efforts for benefit of our manufactures. • The Manitcur has the following 'artide : Seeing Art. 15 of the law of •the 27th of September, 1835, in these terms, " Foreigners who have obtained de nizenship or naturalism under the Government of the Ne therlands, shall not enjoy in Belgium the rights so conferred SJTTING OF JAN. 12. M. Dupin, President. The order of the day was the adjourned discussion of the project of address in answer to the Royal speech. M. Glais-Bizoin spoke in oppositiou to the address. He observed, that although many had abandoned the principles of the revolution of July, he was determined to persevere to the last in support of the benefits which ought to accrue from that memorable event. As the Ministry had fled from those principles, he and his friends were resolved to pursue close at their heels, and, in fact, to disturb their joy as much as possible. [M. Thiers was observed to laugh heartily at this threat.] The hon. deputy, in continuation, said that he could not see any grounds for applauding the acts of the present, Ministry. When he took a view of the measures which emanated from their hands, he found but little deser ving of approbation. For instance, what praise could he give them when he reflected upon the miserable condition of Poland, and the state of oblivion in which she had been left by the present Cabinet ? If Russia did not wish to associate herself with the Philip of the North (the King of Sweden), the French Ministry ought at least to have made energetic remonstrances to the Autocrat, and tried one effort in favour of a brave but unfortunate people. He could not refrain from expressing all his sentiments of sympathy in favour of that ill-fated country, so ignobly sacrificed in opposition to bona-fide treaties, and contrary to all princi ples of generosity. No ! he saw nothing to be praised in the,conduct of Ministers. What was their system? It was one of intimidation ; their laws were laws of necessity, accompanied by exceptional tribunals. With respect to the American question, after an attentive perusal of the Message, it appeared to afford a double lesson—one to the French Ministry, and the other to the French people. As on them, unless they were settled therein the Ist of De cember, 1830, and have still retained their domicilc"—the Minister of Justice invites all foreigners so circumstanced, to "present the necessary certificate to the Government of the proiince which they inhabit. _ . . ... • BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bftussus, Jan. 11. ' Actual Debt, 24 per Cent , llothschikl's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per; Cen t lS3i' Batik of Belgium, Five per Cent ll4 —Brussels Papers, Jan. :2. IRELAND. INQUEST AT COURTBRACK. (Abridged from the Cork Evening Herald.) COURTERACK, SATURDAY.—On my arrival at this place about one o'clock to-day,,l found a subaltern's detachment of the 3d Dragoon Guards with a large party of Police oc cupying the field near to which the unfortunate affray be tween the Bailiffs for Mr. Beresford and the country people took.place. There does not appear to exist that very great excitement in the minds of the people of this neighbourhood which I had anticipated, as I noticed several in its imme diate vicinity pursuing their agricultural labours without the slightest. embarrassment imaginable. The place where Hudson was murdered and Mahony shot, is quite close to a bridge on part of the abutment of which the blood of one, and that one in all probability the former, is visible. The localities'of this place are few and simple. Situated about eight miles from Cork it is approached fur a considerable distance by a straight line of road, along which several of those Tithe defaulters lived, upon whom the Exchequer pro cesses were to be served, and at the end of this road is a steep declivity of a serpentinenature which leads quickly to Courtbrack-bridge, above alluded to. The foUowing is the report of the Inquest up to the latest hoUr of post. The Coroner, James O'Brien, Esq., did not arrive until half-past one o'clock on Saturday. With the exception of three or four the jury are all composed of Roman Cathelics. Major Galwey, Major Miller, Mr. Fitzgerald, J.P., and several other Magistrates and gentlemen were in attendance. The Rev. - Air. CAHILL, P.P., had not the least idea of the great notoriety which the unfortunate occurrences in that parish had gained already, until a few minutes before —a sensation would be created in consequence of it, he said, throughout the United Kingdom. In fact, he might almost say, throughout Europe at large. It• would, he doubted not, form the object of much Parliamentary enquiry ; and therefore it was the more necessary at the present time to have the whole occurrence investigated with the fullest pos sible precision. He wanted, by a strict and impartial in vestigation, to elicit the whole truth, because it was a ques tion betwberi man and man, respecting a burthensome im post which the people were both unwilling and unable to discharge. Yes, lie would repeat it, they were both unwil ling and unable, and it could only be by probing the present catastrophe to the bottom that this fact could best be ascer tained. There was not aquieter parish anywhere, he main tained, than the parish of Inniscarra, and therefore he was the more unable to form any judgment of the reason the present•conflict had arisen. But as it had, and as it drew forth Major Miller and an entire bench of Magistrates, he thought it would be well to ascertain fully the real facts of the case, which could not be that day arrived at. The CORONER said, that Major Miller had every right to be present, and• that he . came there in his proper ca pacity. The Rev. Mr. Cahill said, that might be very true, but then the case had altogether been anticipated. A letter had appeared in the Constitution newspaper of that morn ing from the Rev. Mr. Beresford, which had now been read ; but he would advise its readers to bear in mind the motto audi alteram parlenz. The Rev. Mr. Beresford said, that in the letter alluded to, he made no observations favourable or unfavourable to either side. He did not state in it that his drivers were, not to blame ; neither did he say that the opposite party were unblameable-4e merely related the entire series of circumstances which had preceded the occurrence, 'and the awful consequences which had ensued. He was anxious, none more anxious than himself, to have the . peace pre-, served ; - 'but laws were laws, and as long as those laws re mained unrepealed, so long were the people bound to sub mit to their fullest requirements. In the present instance ho (Mr. Beresford) was enforcing a demand which the laws sanctioned, for the parties who were serving the pea santry who opposed had every right to accede to the dicta tion of the superior Courts. Both sides would, he hoped, conduct the present inquiry in the most amicable manner. The first witness called was Richard Barter, Esq., M. D.—l cian i iin'ed . tlie'bOAy of Richard Hudson ; I . found several large cuts on the head apparently, inflicted by a sharp instrument ; i observed . another injury which appeared to have been given by a very sharp pointed instrument posterior to the left ear ; this last was a punctured wound ; I observed another large lacerated wound on the crown of the head, appa rently inflicted by a . blunt substance ; the skull was fractured in different parts, and the brain protruding 'at one point . I observed no other injury ; these wounds I have thus described were in my opinion the. immediate cause of his death—the wounds were made in the front—they were mostly on the side and top of the head—he received suffi cient in all, in my opinion, to kill ten men. Abraham M'Can—l live in Cork, in Blarney-lane ; I am a weaver ; a cotton weaver ; I was present at the death of the deceased, Richard Hudson : I was employed to serve law processes for the Rev. Mr. Beresford ; eight men Isere employed for the purpose ; we left Mr. Beres ford's house on Thursday night last to serve them ; they were to be served in the parish of Inniscarra, I suppose ; I am sure it was in the parish of Innis carra ; I think it was for the recovery of Tithes ; I held them in my, hand, they were read for me ; Mr. Beresford gave them to me in person ;' he gave them to me at the Glebe House ; he ordered me to serve the houses with them ; he said " the houses ;" he desired me to go into the houses and leave the orders ; Richard Hudson, John Hudson, (brothers) 'William Hudson, James Richardson, George England and William England, accom panied me on this occasion ; there were no others present with us but the eight ; we all came ou't from Cork to Mr. Beresford's house ; two men named Deni e s Sweeny and John Williams met us there ; we came away altogether from Mr. Beresford's house to execute them ; we stopped at Mr. Beresford's during Thursday night ; we commenced serving the people about half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning on this land denominated Courtbrack ; I served but one order ; there were two of us together, Williams and myself, serving this order ; we separated from each other at one part of the road, to meet again further on ; the order I served was on a man named Barrett ; we stopped at his door until it was opened ; we then rushed in and served it ; there were persons in the house ; I saw a man in his shirt and trowsers inside who folloWed us out to the door ; we arrived at Barrett's house something earlier, but waited until seven o'clock in the morning to serve it ; we then walked away from the house at the side of Burns's, a good way from Barrett's ; the entire ten of us then met on the road together ; it was shortly after we left Barrett's house that we met on the road ; we were standing :consulting which way .we should go home ; the people then assembled ; they shouted at us ; we moved on the road, and they threw stones at us ; we inten4od to proceed back to Mr. Beres ford's house, finding that it was useless to continue longer ; we walked smartly on the road, when the people shouted ; we took no notice of them ; they were shouting on the road and in the fields ; they were collecting more and more ; they continued to throw the stones until we came down to where the deceased was murdered at the bridge ; we ran, some of us faster than we were well able ; I was myself struck with stones several simes, and in various parts of my body ; when we were running, the deceased was about 20 yards in the rear on the road ; he cried out " mur der," and we turned about ; they were battering him with stones when we turned about ; he was then standing by the side of the road, with one foot in the dyke and the other on the bank ; he held a pistol extended in his hand ; he swore that " if they wouldn't keep off, he would shoot them ;" the greater part of the mob were in the rere of him ; there were about one hundred people present, if not more, consisting of men, women, and children ; I saw the stones flying at him in abinidance ; plenty of them ; he again screeched out " Murder, murder." I then saw him fire the pistol, and he and the other deceased fell ; Hudson fell first ; they [were about five yards asunder. Mahony stood on the centre of the road, and the other at the side of it. I knew none of the persons who' were throwing the stones ; some of them were stripped. I think I would know them again, if they were dressed in their clothes ; a great number of the people were stripped. They then pur sued the remainder of our party, but almost all stopped with the two who were killed ; we were followed by them a considerable way down the fields between the road and the river. --- By the Rev. Mr. Cahill—l think the definition of an oath is, that he who swears falsely damns his soul ; we all drove from Cork in a jingle ; we stopped at a public-house, Langley's, on the road, and took a glass of whisky each ; we h a d a pint of it between nine of us'; we came then to Inniscarra Glebe, where we got neither porter nor spirits ; we brought no arms from Cork ; the arms were given to us by Mr. Beresford, who charged them himself with powder and swan drops Che gave me the papers, five in all ; I can not read well ; the papers were read for me. By a Juror—The reason Hudson didn't escape was be cause he was an old man, and consequently unable to run as fast as the rest ; the deceased man, Mahony, was about fifteen yards from me at the time the shot was fired ; I was determined to shoot another before I would lose my own life ; Mr. Beresford never gave us any orders respecting the way we were to use the fire-arms ; I heard one man desire the crowd not to throw, while another cried out " Bouile, Bouile, throw on." The COROI4It then adjourned the inquest to Monday (this day), to Mathea, at the hour of ten o'clock. UNEXPECTED TERMINATION OF THE IN Q UE ST. MONPAY.—The Inquiry adjourned on Saturday at Courtbrack, was . ••resumed on M on d ay , a t M a thca, in the parish of inniscarra ; the accommodation at the latter place being considered far superior to the other. Richard Barter, Esq., M.D., deposed as follows : I examined the body of Denis Mahony ; he had extensive. marks of gunpowder on the left side of the face ; I also ob served a gun-shot wound on the left side of the chin on the lower jaw.; it was perforated in six places ; the upper jaw was perforate) in three places ; the lower jaw was fractured across in two places, and much shattered ; at this stage of, my examination of the hody, I observed a few swan drops lodged in the lower jaw ; the tongue was much lacerated ; those wounds, and subsequent suffocation, in my opinion, was the cause of his death. Here the Rev. Mr. BERESFORD entered the room in a greatly agitated manner, and said—l wish, Mr. Coroner, if it is within pin province—that you now suspend any fur ther proceedings in this unfortunate case.---(Here the Rev. Gentleman burst out into tears.) I think in a few minutes you will perceive that a termination of those proceedings can take place. lam ready to admit that I loaded four of the pistols with swan drops, but I have witnesses to prove that I gave strict injunctions not to use them. I never meditated the loss of life.—(Here the Rev. Gentle man burst out again into tears.) I never contemplated it, but, as it has occurred, no person can deplore it more. deeply than myself. The Rev. Mr. Cahill—l am sure from what has now dropped from Mr. Beresford 'that there is not a man here who does not fully believe 'that he never foresaw the event —the unfOrtunate event which has occurred. • .Itev. Mr. Ber es f or d s a id, in an a(gitated 'manner, while - he again burst into tears, J will provide for the fa- An h--4-vvill provide for them amply. gs arict-ilie"..ienliiinents now so The CORONER — The feelings fully expressed by Mr. Beresford, are highly creditable to him—they are indicative of the kind and humane feelings which have ever characterized..himself and his tinnily. He was in this instance asserting his right to a claim which the law sanctioned, and he had a legal and a perfect right there fore to enforce it. The Rev. Mr: Beresford—lt was under the opinion of au eminent legal gentleman, Serjeant Jackson, that I pro ceeded to recover my tithes in this manner. The CORONER again expressed himself in very marked terms of commendation towards Mr. Beresford. - He was confident loss of life was never premeditated by' him.— (Loud and general cries of " No, no, it never was.") He concluded by hoping a similar occurrence would never again occur in this country—a country, he said, governed by law.. and suppoied to be civilized. "The CORONER, after a short pause, said—Mr. Somer ville, direct a policeman to enquire whether there be any more evidence to be tendered to the Coroner. No other witness appearing, The Rev. Mr. Beresford was happy so general a feeling —a feeling so gratifying to him, and so creditable to them selves—was expressed by all present. He hoped the public would seethe entire occurrence in its proper night—namely, as a homicide, arising out of an affray betwcei: the peasan try and men engaged in his service. He deplored sincerely the result, and he hoped that he had shown throughout the inquest nothing that could be-construed into an unkiud, feeling on his part.—(" No, no.") The Rev. Mr. Cahill expressed himself very strongly on . the part of Mr. Beresford, whose private and public cha racter, was, he said, more than ever exalted by the sympa thetic and christian-like manner in which he had this day addressed all present. The CORONER then charged the Jury at some length, recapitulating the evidence all through, when they returned the following verdict without any deliberation. We fled that on, Friday morning the Bth inst., that Richard Hudson came by his death by several blOWs and .injuries received in the head, which broke skull ; but by :vhom said blows and injuries were inflictect there is no evi dence to determine." THE REFORMED CORPORATION AND THE TORY TOWN-CLERK. (From the Hull Observer.) The following letter upon this subject has been received from Colonel Thompson 13, Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park, oth January, 1836. DEAR Sta—l wish we had had a little more time before us in the matter of the Town-clerkship. The thing altogether was clearly devised by the Tory party as an insult to the Libe rals—a putting the fico upon them ; and it is, consequently, their duty to drive a coach and six through it if they can. Penal statutes are to be construed strictly„; l and this,was a sta tute to inflict upon the Liberals the penalty of contumely, such, as'in ordinary eases, men do not ask one another to sub mit to. Is there any direction in the Municipal Reform Act, what salary shall be paid to the Town-clerk? A'nd is, or is not, the office during pleasure ? If either of these be the case, what use is there in, standing upon what ryas the inten tion df our enemies ? Do men, in the ordinary course of life, make a point of standing upon such intentions : or do, they not, on the contrary, 'do all they can to blow up and. dissipate them? If the . Town -clerk was elected during pleasure by the old and corrupt Corporation, it is clear that this, in honour and in conscience, gives him no claim to continuance to the displeasure of a Reformed body, No man at his election , by the corrupt body, would have given sixpence for the chance of his continuance under the Reformed; and therefore it was, that all such men stood heart and soul by the,old mischief. What I say is, get rid of your Tory Town-clerk if you can, as you would get rid of a pitch-plaster which your enemy had clapped before your nose and eyes to " burke" y ou. Do not advance lies against his individual character and conduct, as his party did to me ; but do every thing short of immorality and falsehood. Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOAIPSONT. W. Kennedy, Esq., Hull. P. S. The questions as to the Town-clerk seem to reduce themselves to these. Can you make his salary any thing you please, and so give him a broad hint to quit ? Can you dis miss him at pleasure? Finally, . ca n you muster force to get this done? Would it not be worth while, even to make a good fight on any of these points, though without ultimate success? I submit that the speech ma de, b y the Town-clerk, after his election on Wednesday last, is in itself good and Sufficient reason for a motion for his immediate removal. It is the Speech of a political enemy, triumphing in having been forced upon unwilling_ electors by the agency of their publ ic o pp onents; and the . Corporation have a clear right to dismiss him on it if they choose. The speech is, in fact, one of the grossest poli tical insults to a public body to be found in history ; and if the Corporation choose to put up with it they may. It is like nothing but a man's saying to a woman the day after marriage, " I know I am the last man in the world you would have chosen, only there was a fortune, so and so, depending' on it ;" with this one striking difference, that in the case of marriage the thing is irremediable, and in this case it is not. SHOOTING.—The long-expected match hetwen the gentlemen of the Greenwich Snipe Club against the Woolwich Sparrow Club will speedily be brought to a close. None of the matches which have taken place for the last two years have excited so much interest as the one alluded to. Both patties are backed by their friends to a consider able amount. There are to be two matches, one in the parish of Woolwich, the other in Greenwich. The Green wich gentlemen are for choice, in consequence of having such shots as Turk, Leach, Danford, and others ; the Wool wich will have Sadd, Miller, Mr. S., and others: It is cal culated there will be three or four hundred persons present. SPLENDID METEOR.-About half-past six yes terday morning a splendid meteor was seen in the southern hemisphere, appearing like a globe of light of extreme brilliancy, and about the size of a cricket ball. When first observed it was a little below the moon to the S.E., and, proceeded steadily, in a declining course, to the S.W. The moon, though shining bright in the clear vault of Heaven, seemed for the moment to be lost in the superior light of the meteor, which was visible half a minute.—Brighton Guardian of Wednesday. MAD DOGS.—Wc regret to hear that several cattle in Liddlesdale, supposed to have been lately bitten by a mad dog, have shown such violent symptoms of rabidness as to induce the owners to cause them to be killed. —Edinburgh Advertiser. IRELAND.—A sensation of general gloom pervaded Clonmel on Tuesday evening, when it was announced that the Venerable pastor of the parish had breathed his last. The Very Rev. Dr. Flannery was upwards of 80 years of age, and he was Parish Priest of Clonmel for 50 years. FUNERAL OF LORD VISCOUNT BROME.--"011 Tuesday last the remains of this laMented young nobleman were deposited in the family vault at Linton church. The funeral procession proceeded from Linton-place on foot, at. tended by the whole of the parishioners and work people, ill deep mourning, with which the Noble Earl had given direc tions that all in his employ should be furnished. The Noble Lord appeared as chief mourner, followed by the Countess and C. W. Martin, Esq., Lady Jemima being too ill to attend. Many of the poor mourners were affected to tears, at the severe loss they had sustained. —Maidstone Gaz. A gentleman residing in Bishop Wearmouth found a pin in egg which he was eating, on Tuesday morning. A. few weeks since three hens, belonging to the same gentle man, died in one night, and, on one. of them being opened, a pin was found in the intestines.—New h ea uß S o il, bs e es, J : ou p ft lAa t : ate . • INIPROVEMENT AT CHARIN C porary lamp-post, with two gas-lamps, has east corner of Trafalgar -square, b t e o l the centre of the wide diagonal rz t yo o n b d elis N k, or w th i u tb m' vt r b a i. ... 9 . us. crossing tbnde u fr p o o m si t e t h o ; e n o 14.1 0 - r. pd C i ,ae h re a s et r od i Charing-cross, thatr t o h s e s , s ap b no e , and will g a protection to pedp-4- • constantly